Political Theory

The headlines are so packed with hilarious things that it’s hard not to comment, particularly on

Posner has some interesting thoughts.

It is highly significant that Jefferson, when he wrote his own epitaph, wanted to be remembered for the Declaration of Independence, for the Virginia statute on religious freedom, and for founding the University of Virginia. That he was a two-term president is not listed.

A piece of mine posted here: &#

Affluence and subsistence are two very different standards, and if welfare statists choose to import arguments for mere subsistence — as with appeals to the alleged lack of freedom of the starving man — then they must be held to this standard.

Reading about the Harvard vote to offer all research papers

We are preparing to print Notes on Democracy, the hard-to-find book by H.L.

A commentator on this blog draws our attention to this piece on the site Ret

Professor Dominick T. Armentano and Congressman Ron Paul discuss anti-trust and monopoly.